Opened: November 2003
Capacity: 1,650
Since the 2003-04 season, the LVC Gymnasium has served as the home of the Lebanon Valley College basketball and volleyball teams. The state-of-the-art facility replaced Lynch Gymnasium, the team's home venue from 1950-2003.
Accessed through the Heilman Center, the 36,000 square-foot gymnasium provides an impressive arena for intercollegiate competition with seating for 1,650 spectators - a 36 percent increase over the seating capacity of Lynch Gymnasium. The upper tier of seating features stadium-style chairs, with roll-out bleachers below. When not hosting competition, the gym holds two practice courts.
One of the most architecturally striking arenas in Division III, the gym holds a special function room, the Dutchmen Lounge, which rises above the north side of the gym to provide panoramic views of the athletic fields east of the Heilman Center, as well as a birds'-eye view of the playing court.
Since its opening, LVC Gymnasium has held numerous conference play-off events, and hosted the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 2005. The volleyball team won back-to-back Commonwealth Conference titles there in 2008 and 2009.
The facility is also home to several LVC coaches with office space and additional locker rooms for Valley teams.
The 2010 PinkZone game against Elizabethtown, above, set a women's basketball attendance record of 1,545.
LVC Gymnasium Top 20 Attendances
| Sport |
Date |
Opponent |
Attendance |
|
| Men's |
2/14/04 |
Elizabethtown |
1,606 |
|
| Men's |
1/27/07 |
Messiah |
1,587 |
|
| Men's |
2/19/05 |
Juniata |
1,582 |
|
| Men's |
2/23/05 |
Messiah |
1,580 |
(CC Semifinal) |
| Men's |
2/17/05 |
Elizabethtown |
1,553 |
|
| Women's |
2/16/10 |
Elizabethtown |
1,545 |
(PinkZone) |
| Men's |
2/4/06 |
Elizabethtown |
1,532 |
|
| Men's |
2/17/07 |
Susquehanna |
1,522 |
|
| Men's |
2/7/04 |
Susquehanna |
1,512 |
|
| Men's |
2/16/08 |
Elizabethtown |
1,407 |
|
| Men's |
3/3/05 |
PSU Behrend |
1,332 |
(NCAA Tournament First Rd) |
| Women's |
2/5/08 |
Lycoming |
1,310 |
(Think Pink) |
| Women's |
2/11/09 |
Arcadia |
1,280 |
(PinkZone) |
| Men's |
1/26/08 |
Albright |
1,271 |
|
| Men's |
12/2/06 |
Elizabethtown |
1,259 |
|
| Men's |
2/11/06 |
Juniata |
1,214 |
|
| Men's |
1/21/06 |
Susquehanna |
1,071 |
|
| Men's |
2/15/05 |
Widener |
1,061 |
|
| Men's |
2/14/09 |
Elizabethtown |
1,050 |
|
| Men's |
12/1/05 |
Franklin & Marshall |
1,050 |
|